Label



J. E. MEREDITH.

LABEL. APPLICATION- FILED AUG-4, 19,20.

1,414,144. Pate ted Apr. 25, 1922.

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. o "E o if a UNITED srA' JOHN E. MEREDITH, 'OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND,ASSIGNOR T0 HOWARD MEREDITH,

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OF BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND.

V LABEL.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented App, 25, 1922,

Application filed Auguste, 1920. SerialNo. 401,174. l

(GRANTED UNDER THE rnovrsronsor'rnr ACT or'ivnmcn s, 1921,41srAr. n,1313.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern I Be it known that I, JOHN EDWARD MERE- DITH,subject of the King. of Great Britain, residing at Birmingham, England,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Labels, (for whichI have filed an application for patent in England on September 30,1915,) of which the following is a specification. v

This invention relates to labels for attaching to parcels, luggage,trees, plants and for other purposes.

The label comprisesaitablet of paper, cardboard or the like carried by asheetmetal backing having bent-over edges.

The metal backing-of the-label may be embossed with the name, trademark, or other particulars of the sender or owner of the goods orluggage, so that it thus cannot.

be tampered with or rendered illegible, by exposure to the weather,rough'usage or otherwise, whilst the other side of the label backing. vIn case where the label 1s intended tobe attached to trees or plants,the metal slde V in section.

is intended 'for the address of the consignee, or for the destination. r

If desired, eyelets may be passed through the cardboard ,or paper andthe metal may be embossed with the: name of p the grower or seller,whilst the other side may bear the name or species of tree or plant.

Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is an elevational view showing thecardboard or paper side of a label constructed in accordance with thisinvention.

Figure 2 shows the embossed metallic back of the label.

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through 1 Figure 2.

Figure 1 shows a form of label which is partially adapted to be attachedto trees, plantsor the like, being provided with an elongated attachmenttongue adapted to encircle the plant, ora limb or branch thereof.

Figure 5 is an edge view of same, partly The same reference numeralsindicatev corresponding parts in each'of the figures.

Referring to Figures 'l to 3 of the drawpaper 1 provided with asheet-metal backing 2 upon which the name'and address of the senderorconsignor of the goods, or other part1culars,' are stamped orembossed, for exaniple, as shown in Figure 2. The backing is securedto'the cardboard'or paper 1 by bending its edges 3 over to the outerface of the 'latter, the' corners ofthe said edges being mitered or cutaway as shown in Figure 1. At oneor both ends of the label an eyelet 4may be provided for attachment of the label to the goods, "the saideyelet being arranged-to pass through both the] cardboard or paper 1 andthe metal backing 2. as shown in Figure The embossing of the address ofthe vconsignor of the goods upon the metal backing of the'label preventssamebeing tampered with or rendered illegi- "ble. The address of theconsigneeof the goods, or the destination of the goods, may

be written or. printed upon the cardboard:

or paper face of the label in the usual Where the label isintendedforxattachg manner.

mentto plants or trees'the metal backing- 2 may, as shown in Figures, 4and 5, be with an ntegral attachment by dotted lines in Figure 5. Thesaid metal backing 20f the label may be embossed with the. name andaddress of thegrower or dealer, whilst the paper sidel may contain thename'of the plant or tree.

Having fully described my invention,

whatI desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is A label comprisinga tablet of material which can be written upon, a sheet-metal backinghaving its edges turned over the edges of the said material, theparticulars of the sender embossed upon the saidsh'eetmetal backing, andeyelets passed-through both the said material and the sheet-metalbacking;

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In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of'two'subscribing witoan irnnunrrn.

